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Metadata
Object Identification Number |
2012.037.002 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Donor |
Topp, Mary |
Description |
Color photo of Marie Jensen Topp wearing a Danish national folk costume when she greeted Crown Prince Frederik and Princess Ingrid of Denmark in 1939. (See 2012.037.001 for the bonnet.) Marie is standing holding a bouquet of red and white carnations and greenery, tied with a red bow at the bottom. She has on a bonnet with silver metallic thread embroidery and a bit of pink detailing near the top proper left. It is tied onto her head with red satin ribbon. Marie is visible from waist up. She has gray hair and glasses and is smiling. She has on a white blouse with puffy elbow-length sleeves and a red vest with green and red floral pattern printed onto a black panel. Marie is standing next to a wall with gray cinder blocks on the viewer's right and white subway tile on the left. The photo has a thin white border around all four edges on front. On back it is stamped at the center in blue "TRIBUNE GRAPHIC ARTS / HASTINGS, NEBRASKA" and at the top left corner is written in pencil "75 / 2 00". Note about the bonnet: Comparing the bonnet as it is pictured here with the actual bonnet, one can see the loss of pink detailing has been extensive. The bonnet as it exists now has only a bit of that pink detailing. In addition, the red satin ribbon that now trims the front outer edge of the bonnet was not yet present at the time of this photo. Finally, the ribbons used to tie the bonnet on the head are much brighter in the photo and have since faded significantly. |
Print Size |
7 7/8 x 9 7/8 |
Creation Date |
April 18, 1939 |
Studio |
Tribune Graphic Arts |
Place of Creation |
United States/Nebraska/Adams County/Hastings |
Associated People |
Topp, Marie Jensen Crown Prince Frederik Princess Ingrid |
Search Terms |
Topp, Marie Jensen national folk costume Danish folk costume bonnet Danish royalty Danish royal family Crown Prince Frederik Princess Ingrid Tribune Graphic Arts Hastings, Nebraska Adams County |
Given In Memory Of |
In Memory of Marie Jensen Topp |
Date Received by Museum |
10/10/2012 |
Provenance |
The bonnet shown here was worn by the donor's grandmother Marie Jensen Topp when she greeted the Crown Prince Frederik and Princess Ingrid of Denmark when they briefly stopped in Hastings, Nebraska on the evening of April 18, 1939. Marie, while wearing a native Danish costume including this bonnet, presented a bouquet of red and white carnations to the royal couple. Marie Jensen Topp was born April 4, 1878, and died April 6, 1959 in Lake Charles, Louisiana at the home of her son Olfert. She emigrated in 1907 from Silkeborg, Denmark, and traveled to join her soon-to-be husband Anton Christian Topp in Council Bluffs, Iowa where he was employed by Wilcox Greenhouses. He had immigrated two years earlier, stopping to visit family in Exira and Elk Horn, Iowa. Marie and Anton were married August 10, 1907 at Vor Frelsers Kirke in Council Bluffs. They remained in Council Bluffs for nine years and had two sons there: Tage Winther and Olfert Winther. In 1914, the family moved to Yankton, South Dakota. Anton assumed the position of president of Gurney Greenhouses. During WWI, as part of the war effort, Marie joined the Red Cross and taught Tage and Olfert to knit socks, sweaters, and blankets for the soldiers. Sometime prior to August 26, 1923, Anton was transferred to Mitchell, SD where he became president of the local Gurney Greenhouses. During the summer of 1927, he supplied the Black Hills summer home of President Coolidge with flowers, the order being 200 roses per week. In 1928, Anton purchased Sidles Greenhouses in Hastings, Nebraska, and the family moved again. Later, Tage took over operations of the business, and later purchased it from his parents. The donor, who is Tage's daughter, inherited the bonnet from her father, who had earlier received it from his mother Marie. _________________________ This folk costume bonnet was reportedly almost 280 years old at the time of donation, according to the donor and a newspaper article written in 1939 that describes the bonnet as 200 years old at that time. It is unclear how this age was arrived at for the 1939 article. |
Images |
179\2012037002.JPG |
Accession number |
2012.037 |